The other day while shopping at Food Mart I found commercially prepared crab cakes with Cocktail sauce on sale ( see photo above)( $4.99 for 4 cakes). The package says it is made from real crab meat, but if you read the ingredients at the back of the package there are other ingredients that may be considered artificial crab meat or an additive(Crab meat, pollock and or whiting, wheat, soy, milk and Egg)
I have never purchased commercially prepared crab cakes, But I thought I should try it and compared it with my homemade crab cake following the recipe from allrecipes.com. It was not bad but my crab cake made from my favorite recipe definitely taste better. But if you do not feel like cooking, the above commercial crab cake will suffice. The following is one of my favorite recipe for crab cakes from allrecipes.com
Ingredients:
1 pound crabmeat, shredded
1 1/2 tablespoons dry bread crumbs
2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley salt and pepper to taste
1 egg, large
1 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon ground dry mustard
1 dash hot pepper sauce
Preparation:
1.Preheat oven broiler 400F.
2. Mix together crabmeat, bread crumbs, parsley, salt and pepper.
3. Beat together egg, mayonnaise, hot sauce and mustard. Combine with other ingredients and mix well.
4. Form into patties and place on a lightly greased broiler pan or baking sheet.
5. Broil for 10 to 15 minutes, until lightly brown.
